Nothing surprises me, querida Cynthia, although they make an
unlikely duo, but who do you think que tiene la culpa?

Los English are always capable of blaming themselves if they think
that will help make progress, my dear, porque even though it is in
Spanish eso de 'Echame a Mi La Culpa' no le va al Spanish character,
much less someone like el Seacock.

Que me estas diciendo que el Seacock will join the sing-song?

My dear, te estoy hablando metaphorically.

Dejame de esas palabras tan larga y explicoteate what you are on
about.

I am on about the visit of Hammond to Madrid, but not the Hammond
you are thinking of, el que canta y que dice that he is a
Gibraltarian today and then says something else the next day, but
Her Majesty's secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs, do you get me?

I see, you mean Philip but not Albert?

Exactly. El Philip will be having a chat with el Seacock on
Thursday, or haven't you heard?

Claro que si, but if you ask me, we should take the other Hammond to
Madrid, al Albert, to see if he can get the other two singing
together about our Gibraltar.

Valiente lio. I would translate the song into English para que se
entere el Philip, como no sea que he has been having Spanish lessons
at one of the Institutos Cervantes in the Mother Country, what do
you think?

Nothing me sorprende anymore, aunque el Seacock thinks there are
humans in our Gibraltar who don't speak Spanish, by which he must
mean English people.

Un insulto a los compadres de Philip, if you ask me, when el Seacock
meets Hammond in Madrid he should ask him if he speaks Spanish, and
if Philip says he does not, presumably can call Hammond a monkey
because that is what he meant when he said that in Gibraltar
everyone speaks Spanish except the monkeys.

If I were Philip I would take some peanuts in a bag for the Madrid
visit in case he wants to make a point that Seacock will understand.